HMS Subtle (P251)
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 HMS Subtle |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | S class submarine |
| Name: | HMS Subtle |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1943 |
| Launched: | January 27, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 16 April 1944 |
| Fate: | broken up July 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 814-872 tons surfaced 990 tons submerged |
| Length: | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 14.75 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Complement: | 48 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 x forward 21-inch torpedo tubes, one aft 13 torpedoes one three-inch gun (four-inch on later boats) one 20 mm cannon three .303-calibre machine gun |
HMS Subtle was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on January 27, 1944.
She survived the Second World War, spending the period between December 1944 and May 1945 with the Eastern Fleet. Here, she sank six Japanese sailing vessels and a Japanese coaster. Together with her sister, HMS Statesman, she helped in the tracking and sinking of the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro.[1]
Subtle was finally sold off to be broken up in July 1959 in Charlestown.
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Subtle, Uboat.net
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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